Kopa Tigers Birbhum held off North Bengal United FC in a tense match at the Kanchenjunga Stadium on Tuesday. As expected, North Bengal put pressure on Birbhum from the start of the match. In fact, they had won easily against Burdwan Blasters earlier. They also won against Kopa Birbhum in the previous match. That’s why North Bengal was ahead today. But Birbhum put up a somewhat unexpected fight in the away match. The club from Birbhum, a district of Rangamati, fought tooth and nail for 90 minutes to hold off the North Bengal team. Defender Amoh Ebenezer was the man of the match.
Kopa opened the points table by stopping North Bengal in this match. They had to face defeat in all 3 matches before that. Although they are still at the bottom of the league table after getting these points. On the other hand, North Bengal, having been stuck in this ‘sure win’ match, is at number 3. They have collected 7 points from four matches. JHR Royal City is still at the top of the league table.
